Thursday, August 26, 2010

Thursday, August 26th through Sunday, August 29th - All Stickles are 20% off! These are fabulous for outlining titles, adding bling to scrap pages or cards and whatever else you can dream up! I hate to admit this but...I own one of EVERY color! How about you?

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Make Your Own Stickles Sample Board on Sunday, August 29th!!!! For ONLY $2 you can make this sample board and start your own book of all the colors of stickles, paints and whatever...so you can know what the colors already look like when you are creating your works of art!The monies go to a good cause - VEAP - which is a local non-profit organization serving the communities of Edina, Burnsville and Minneapolis!! - We do these sample boards every Tuesday and Sunday!!! Tuesday, August 31st will be Adirondack Paint Dabbers!!!!

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Mark Your Calendars!!! Next Wednesday, September 1st and Thursday, September 2nd we are having a "Need More Space Sale"!!!! We will have boatloads of 25 cent paper and tables packed full of clearance merchandise!! We have not done a sale like this for YEARS!!! There will be something for EVERYONE!!!

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Impression Obsession Trunk Show COMING AGAIN!!!! Please join us Wednesday, September 8th from 2pm-8pm with host Mary Lou and participate in a free make-n-take! Come check out the catalogs - with over 4,000 stamps I am sure you will find something you have just got to have! During this event all Impression Obsession stamps will be "Buy One ~ Get One Half"!! This includes special orders!!!

Sunday, August 15, 2010

I had grandiose ideas of getting a whole lot of scrapping done this past weekend. Well, due to an unexpected turn of events...it didn't happen. So now I find myself getting stressed because I am way behind on my personal projects. There is no good reason for this feeling...it's not like I'm on a deadline or anything...silly, isn't it?

So I found myself trying to streamline the process in order to possibly save myself some undue anxiety.

Here are some tips that hopefully will help you as well:

1) Don't journal - For me it can be really hard to come up with the perfect sentiment so I figure sometimes it's gotta be okay to let the photo tell the story.

2) Make your scrapbooking a gift - Sometimes if I can't get started I find it beneficial to do a quick little "something" for a friend. Most of the time this sparks my creativity and my pages and/or cards flow freely.

3) Use advertising for design inspiration - There was an ad for some sort of energy drink in my mailbox the other day and I loved the colors so much I made a card using them. So before you toss them see if you can get some inspiration for your next project.

4) Stick with your tried & true favorites - I have some friends who have the most gorgeous layouts and I would love to "scraplift" them. However, my experimenting needs to be put on hold until I have the time to try it. So for layouts that need to be completed...stick with your style and what you are familiar with.

5) Use ready-made embellishments - It takes time to make your own embellishments or even to cut titles or other designs, etc using a die-cutting machine and when I am busy...every second counts. So I often find myself grabbing stickers or even pre-made diecuts that we have at SB2 to save myself some time.

I would love to hear about more time-saving tips from all of my blog followers.